[PATCH v2] Add freopen special-case tests: thread cancellation

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Tue Oct 1 12:59:40 GMT 2024



On 12/09/24 19:43, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024, Florian Weimer wrote:
> 
>> * Joseph Myers:
>>
>>> Note that it's in the nature of the uncertain time at which
>>> cancellation might act (possibly during freopen, possibly during
>>> subsequent reads) that these can leak memory or file descriptors, so
>>> these do not include leak tests.
>>
>> Hmm.  Is it even possible for applications to handle this correctly?
>> Given that freopen closes the original stream on error?  So the
>> cancellation handler can't know if the stream is still open or not.
> 
> I don't expect this to work particularly well in applications (in terms of 
> knowing if the stream is open).
> 
>>> +ifeq ($(subdir),stdio-common)
>>> +tests += \
>>> +  tst-freopen-cancel \
>>> +  tst-freopen64-cancel \
>>> +  # tests
>>> +
>>> +$(objpfx)tst-freopen-cancel: $(shared-thread-library)
>>> +$(objpfx)tst-freopen64-cancel: $(shared-thread-library)
>>> +endif
>>
>> The test could be in stdio-common.  It doesn't need serial execution.
> 
> I've moved the test.  This makes it depend on my previous patch with other 
> special-case tests (textually in the Makefile, not in any substantive 
> way).
> 
>>> +  fp2 = xfopen (file3, "wc");
>>> +  fputs ("rc_to_r got to freopen", fp2);
>>> +  xfclose (fp2);
>>> +  /* Cancellation should occur at some point from here onwards
>>> +     (possibly leaking memory and file descriptors associated with the
>>> +     FILE).  */
>>> +  fp = FREOPEN (file2, "r", fp);
>>> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fp != NULL);
>>> +  for (;;)
>>> +    {
>>> +      fgetc (fp);
>>> +      fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
>>> +    }
>>> +}
>>
>> The test does not assert that cancellation happens in the expected
>> region.  You could set up fp in the main thread and pass it via the
>> test_rc_to_r pointer argument?
> 
> It makes sure cancellation only occurs after the checked-for text is 
> written to file3.
> 
>>> +void *
>>> +test_r_to_rc (void *p)
>>> +{
>>> +  int ret;
>>> +  FILE *fp;
>>> +  fp = xfopen (file1, "r");
>>> +  fp = FREOPEN (file2, "rc", fp);
>>> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fp != NULL);
>>> +  ret = sem_post (&sem);
>>> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
>>> +  /* No cancellation should occur for I/O on file2.  */
>>> +  for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
>>> +    {
>>> +      fgetc (fp);
>>> +      fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
>>> +    }
>>
>> Maybe you could use a FIFO and <support/process_state.h> to avoid
>> spinning here?  Call pthread_cancel only after
>> support_process_state_wait reports reaching
>> support_process_state_sleeping?
> 
> I'm not sure a check for sleeping is right, especially since we're 
> concerned about the state of a thread not a process.  But I've changed to 
> use a fifo and avoided spinning that way.
> 
>>> +  xfclose (fp);
>>> +  fp = xfopen (file3, "wc");
>>> +  fputs ("r_to_rc got to fclose", fp);
>>> +  xfclose (fp);
>>> +  for (;;)
>>> +    pthread_testcancel ();
>>> +}
>>
>> I assume you wrote it this way to assert that there actually is a
>> pending cancellation request.  I suggest to set a global variable after
>> the xfclose to make sure that the cancellation was not acted upon in
>> fclose.
> 
> If cancellation occurred in the first xfclose, then the check for file3 
> contents would fail.  There's an implicit assumption that "c" works OK 
> with fopen so the second xfclose isn't an issue (just changes in freopen 
> are being tested here).
> 
> 
> Add freopen special-case tests: thread cancellation
> 
> Add tests of freopen adding or removing "c" (non-cancelling I/O) from
> the mode string (so completing my planned tests of freopen with
> different features used in the mode strings).  Note that it's in the
> nature of the uncertain time at which cancellation might act (possibly
> during freopen, possibly during subsequent reads) that these can leak
> memory or file descriptors, so these do not include leak tests.
> 
> Tested for x86_64.

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> 
> ---
> 
> Changed in v2: moved tests to stdio-common; use a fifo in test_r_to_rc
> to avoid any need to spin reading or calling pthread_testcancel.
> 
> diff --git a/stdio-common/Makefile b/stdio-common/Makefile
> index 62f8b99b06..79da56d055 100644
> --- a/stdio-common/Makefile
> +++ b/stdio-common/Makefile
> @@ -222,10 +222,12 @@ tests := \
>    tst-freopen4 \
>    tst-freopen5 \
>    tst-freopen6 \
> +  tst-freopen7 \
>    tst-freopen64-2 \
>    tst-freopen64-3 \
>    tst-freopen64-4 \
>    tst-freopen64-6 \
> +  tst-freopen64-7 \
>    tst-fseek \
>    tst-fwrite \
>    tst-fwrite-memstrm \
> @@ -620,3 +622,6 @@ $(objpfx)tst-setvbuf1-cmp.out: tst-setvbuf1.expect $(objpfx)tst-setvbuf1.out
>  
>  $(objpfx)tst-printf-round: $(libm)
>  $(objpfx)tst-scanf-round: $(libm)
> +
> +$(objpfx)tst-freopen7: $(shared-thread-library)
> +$(objpfx)tst-freopen64-7: $(shared-thread-library)
> diff --git a/stdio-common/tst-freopen64-7.c b/stdio-common/tst-freopen64-7.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..f34c280521
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/stdio-common/tst-freopen64-7.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +#define FREOPEN freopen64
> +#include <tst-freopen7-main.c>
> diff --git a/stdio-common/tst-freopen7-main.c b/stdio-common/tst-freopen7-main.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..965e0b4adc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/stdio-common/tst-freopen7-main.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
> +/* Test freopen cancellation handling.
> +   Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#include <errno.h>
> +#include <fcntl.h>
> +#include <mcheck.h>
> +#include <pthread.h>
> +#include <semaphore.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <wchar.h>
> +
> +#include <support/check.h>
> +#include <support/file_contents.h>
> +#include <support/support.h>
> +#include <support/temp_file.h>
> +#include <support/test-driver.h>
> +#include <support/xstdio.h>
> +#include <support/xthread.h>
> +#include <support/xunistd.h>
> +
> +char *file1, *file2, *file3, *fifo;
> +
> +sem_t sem;
> +
> +void *
> +test_rc_to_r (void *p)
> +{
> +  int ret;
> +  FILE *fp, *fp2;
> +  ret = sem_post (&sem);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
> +  fp = xfopen (file1, "rc");
> +  for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
> +    {
> +      fgetc (fp);
> +      fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
> +    }
> +  fp2 = xfopen (file3, "wc");
> +  fputs ("rc_to_r got to freopen", fp2);
> +  xfclose (fp2);
> +  /* Cancellation should occur at some point from here onwards
> +     (possibly leaking memory and file descriptors associated with the
> +     FILE).  */
> +  fp = FREOPEN (file2, "r", fp);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fp != NULL);
> +  for (;;)
> +    {
> +      fgetc (fp);
> +      fseek (fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +void *
> +test_r_to_rc (void *p)
> +{
> +  int ret;
> +  FILE *fp;
> +  fp = xfopen (file1, "r");
> +  fp = FREOPEN (fifo, "rc", fp);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fp != NULL);
> +  ret = sem_post (&sem);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
> +  /* No cancellation should occur for I/O on fifo.  */
> +  ret = fgetc (fp);
> +  /* At this point, the other thread has called pthread_cancel and
> +     then written a byte to the fifo, so this thread is cancelled at
> +     the next cancellation point.  */
> +  TEST_VERIFY (ret == 'x');
> +  xfclose (fp);
> +  fp = xfopen (file3, "wc");
> +  fputs ("r_to_rc got to fclose", fp);
> +  xfclose (fp);
> +  pthread_testcancel ();
> +  FAIL_EXIT1 ("test_r_to_rc not cancelled\n");
> +}
> +
> +int
> +do_test (void)
> +{
> +  char *temp_dir = support_create_temp_directory ("tst-freopen-cancel");
> +  file1 = xasprintf ("%s/file1", temp_dir);
> +  support_write_file_string (file1, "file1");
> +  add_temp_file (file1);
> +  file2 = xasprintf ("%s/file2", temp_dir);
> +  support_write_file_string (file2, "file2");
> +  add_temp_file (file2);
> +  file3 = xasprintf ("%s/file3", temp_dir);
> +  support_write_file_string (file3, "file3");
> +  add_temp_file (file3);
> +  fifo = xasprintf ("%s/fifo", temp_dir);
> +  xmkfifo (fifo, 0666);
> +  add_temp_file (fifo);
> +  int ret;
> +  pthread_t thr;
> +  void *retval;
> +
> +  /* Test changing to/from c (cancellation disabled).  */
> +
> +  verbose_printf ("Testing rc -> r\n");
> +  ret = sem_init (&sem, 0, 0);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
> +  thr = xpthread_create (NULL, test_rc_to_r, NULL);
> +  ret = sem_wait (&sem);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
> +  xpthread_cancel (thr);
> +  ret = pthread_join (thr, &retval);
> +  TEST_COMPARE (ret, 0);
> +  TEST_VERIFY (retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED);
> +  TEST_OPEN_AND_COMPARE_FILE_STRING (file3, "rc_to_r got to freopen");
> +
> +  verbose_printf ("Testing r -> rc\n");
> +  ret = sem_init (&sem, 0, 0);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
> +  thr = xpthread_create (NULL, test_r_to_rc, NULL);
> +  FILE *fp = xfopen (fifo, "w");
> +  ret = sem_wait (&sem);
> +  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret == 0);
> +  /* This call happens while, or before, the other thread is waiting
> +     to read a character from the fifo.  It thus verifies that
> +     cancellation does not occur from the fgetc call in that thread
> +     (it should instead occur only in pthread_testcancel call),
> +     because the expected string is only written to file3 after that
> +     thread closes the fifo.  */
> +  xpthread_cancel (thr);
> +  fputc ('x', fp);
> +  xfclose (fp);
> +  ret = pthread_join (thr, &retval);
> +  TEST_COMPARE (ret, 0);
> +  TEST_VERIFY (retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED);
> +  TEST_OPEN_AND_COMPARE_FILE_STRING (file3, "r_to_rc got to fclose");
> +
> +  free (temp_dir);
> +  free (file1);
> +  free (file2);
> +  free (file3);
> +  return 0;
> +}
> +
> +#include <support/test-driver.c>
> diff --git a/stdio-common/tst-freopen7.c b/stdio-common/tst-freopen7.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..03d0de798e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/stdio-common/tst-freopen7.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +#define FREOPEN freopen
> +#include <tst-freopen7-main.c>
> 
> 



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